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Luxor day tour
Luxor East and West Banks in one day
A private day from your Luxor hotel: Colossi of Memnon, Hatshepsut Temple, Valley of the Kings, Karnak and Luxor Temple, with lunch included.
- Length
- Full day
- Tour type
- Private, just your group
- Pickup
- Your hotel in Luxor
- Guide
- English-speaking Egyptologist
- Lunch
- Included, local restaurant
- Shopping stop
- Yes, part of the program
The tour journey
Your day, step by step
Times are estimates; traffic and your hotel's location change them. Drive times are from map routing without traffic.
- 8:00approx.Pickup
Your private Egyptologist guide and driver meet you at your hotel.
- 8:15approx.1VisitColossi of Memnon, Medinet Habu and Deir el-Medina: history, hours and tickets →
Two statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, over 18 meters high.
- 8:45approx.2VisitTemple of Hatshepsut: history, hours and tickets →
The temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari is set into the cliffs.
- 9:45approx.3VisitValley of the Kings: history, hours and tickets →
The valley holds tombs of New Kingdom royalty, including the tomb of Tutankhamun.
- 11:15approx.Shopping stop, in the program
A stop at a local alabaster workshop to see traditional craftsmanship.
- 11:45approx.Lunch, included
- 13:15approx.4VisitKarnak Temple: history, hours and tickets →
The visit includes the Hypostyle Hall and Hatshepsut’s obelisk.
- 14:45approx.5VisitLuxor Temple: history, hours and tickets →
The temple in the city center was dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship and was linked to the Opet Festival.
- 15:45approx.Drop-off
Included
- All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
- Pickup from your hotel and return
- Private English-speaking Egyptologist guide
- Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
- Bottle of water
- Lunch at a local restaurant
- All taxes and service charges
Not included
- Tutankhamun's tomb ticket (optional)
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tipping
Book this day
Request this tour
Send your date and group size for Luxor East and West Banks in one day. We reply with the price for your day and confirm the pickup from your hotel.
Price on request
- Private, just your group
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Change or skip a stop: just ask
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Nothing to pay with the request. To book, a 25% deposit by card or PayPal; the rest in cash on the day. Payment and cancellation
Before you go
Guides for this day
West Bank or East Bank: how to split a Luxor dayWhich sites sit on each bank of the Nile, and how our Luxor day tours divide them.
Valley of the Kings: tickets and tombs for a day visitThe general ticket, the tomb tickets our tours leave out, and where the valley falls in each day.
Dendera and Abydos from Luxor: is the long day worth it?Three long drives, two temples and lunch: what the day holds and when it beats staying in Luxor.
Luxor hot-air balloon: what the morning looks likePickup before sunrise, the ferry, the flight over the West Bank, what is included and how cold it gets.
